Queering climate activism: Engaging young LGBTQ+ people with climate research

我们的项目借鉴了PI Linge和Co-I Funke的研究。林格是埃克塞特大学的一名德语讲师，她正在研究一个名为“性与自然：1900年后的性学、动物和艺术”的项目。该项目探讨了自然和环境的概念如何对现代性、社会性别和性行为概念的发展至关重要。例如，1917年，遗传学家首次将“双性人”一词应用于蝴蝶，远远早于它被用来描述人体解剖结构或身份。Funke是埃克塞特大学（University of Exeter）英语与性研究副教授，研究方向为酷儿、跨性别、女权主义现代主义研究以及性科学史。作为nlcf资助的“Out and About: Queering the Museum”项目的PI，她与年轻的LGBTQ+合作，通过皇家阿尔伯特纪念博物馆（RAMM）的藏品探索LGBTQ+的遗产。这表明年轻的LGBTQ+人群非常热衷于自然历史和气候研究。“酷儿气候行动”项目以林格和芬克的研究专长为基础，让年轻的LGBTQ+人群参与到展示性别、性行为、自然和气候之间复杂联系的历史材料中：例如，20世纪早期的LGBTQ+活动家马格努斯·赫希菲尔德（Magnus Hirschfeld）对人类与自然和环境（包括天气）的联系非常感兴趣。女同性恋性学家伊迪丝·埃利斯写了关于康沃尔的海藻和海景的文章，反映了她与不断变化的自然世界的联系。同性恋权利活动家爱德华·卡彭特将素食主义和农业作为健康和可持续生活方式的一部分。讨论这些和其他例子将使年轻的LGBTQ+人群能够探索他们在当今气候研究和行动主义中的核心作用。为了实现项目目标，我们将于2021年9月和10月在康沃尔和德文郡让年轻人参与一系列定制的面对面（或在线）互动活动。每三个小时的活动将探索历史印刷品、电影和文学材料，以及泰特圣艾夫斯和埃克塞特皇家阿尔伯特纪念博物馆（RAMM）收藏的当地物品，这些物品突出了性别、性和环境之间的联系。作为惠康信托基金资助的转型项目（2019-2020）的一部分，PI和Co-I都在利用历史材料吸引年轻LGBTQ+人群方面积累了丰富的经验。转型项目是一个由年轻跨性别者和非二元性别者参与的公共参与项目，旨在探索性科学的历史。这是一种创新而灵活的参与方式：我们提供讨论材料，并借鉴我们的研究来回答问题，但讨论的方向以及具体的主题和兴趣由年轻的合作者决定。然后，将利用年轻人的见解来开发创造性的产出，以更广泛地分享他们的知识和见解。作为这个过程的一部分，这些年轻人将与LGBTQ+喜剧演员Sian Docksey一起参加另外一个三小时的喜剧写作研讨会。该项目的最后一个公众参与活动将是一个在线喜剧沙龙，在此期间，当地艺术家将根据年轻人在喜剧研讨会期间的写作进行表演。为此，我们将与Kim Wei进行接触，她是一位非二元性别的酷儿表演者，现任埃克塞特吟游诗人。通过这种方式，我们将使年轻人能够分享他们通过项目获得的知识和专业知识，并获得信心，将他们的专业知识作为LGBTQ+和气候行动的一部分。我们将在我们的“性与自然沙龙”网站上记录和发布沙龙，与更多的在线观众分享，鼓励他们扩大对气候行动主义的思考，纳入LGBTQ+的观点。有关项目合作伙伴的信息，请参阅“个人资格”部分。有关影响的详细分类，请参见“受益人和预期影响”部分

Our project draws on the research of PI Linge and Co-I Funke. Linge is a Lecturer in German at the University of Exeter who is working on a project called 'Sex and Nature: Sexology, Animals and the Arts after 1900'. The project explores how concepts of nature and the environment were essential to the development of modern concepts of sex, gender and sexuality. For example, geneticists first applied the word 'intersex' to butterflies in 1917, long before it was used to describe human anatomy or identity. Funke is an Associate Professor of English and Sexuality Studies at the University of Exeter with research specialisms in queer, trans and feminist modernist studies and the history of sexual science. As PI on the NLHF-funded Out and About: Queering the Museum project, she has worked with young LGBTQ+ people to explore LGBTQ+ heritage through the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) collections. This has revealed that young LGBTQ+ people are strongly engaged with natural history and climate research.The 'Queering climate activism' project builds on Linge and Funke's research expertise to engage young LGBTQ+ people with historical materials that show the intricate links between gender, sexuality, nature and climate: early twentieth-century LGBTQ+ activist Magnus Hirschfeld, for instance, was keenly interested in the human connection with nature and the environment, including the weather. Lesbian sexologist Edith Ellis wrote about Cornish seaweeds and seascapes, reflecting her bond with a changing natural world. Gay rights campaigner Edward Carpenter promoted vegetarianism and farming as part of a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. Discussing these and other examples will empower young LGBTQ+ people to explore their central role in climate research and activism today.To achieve the project aims, we will involve the young people in a series of bespoke interactive in-person (or online) engagement events in Cornwall and Devon in September and October 2021. Each three-hour event will explore historical print, film and literary material as well as local objects from the Tate St Ives and Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) collections, which highlight the connection between gender, sexuality and the environment.As part of the Wellcome Trust-funded Transformations project (2019-2020), a public engagement project with young trans and non-binary people to explore the history of sexual science, both PI and Co-I have gained significant experience in using historical material to engage young LGBTQ+ people. This is an innovative and flexible approach to engagement: we provide material for discussion and draw on our research to answer questions, but the direction of the discussions as well as specific topics and interests are decided on by the young collaborators. The young people's insights will then be drawn upon to develop a creative output to share their knowledge and insights more widely. As part of this process, the young people will take part in an additional three-hour comedy-writing workshop with LGBTQ+ comedian Sian Docksey. The final public engagement event of the project will be an online comedy salon, during which a local artist will present a performance based on the young people's writing during the comedy workshop. For this, we will approach Kim Wei, a non-binary queer performer who is currently the Bard of Exeter. In this way, we will enable young people to share the knowledge and expertise that they have gained through the project and to gain the confidence to use their expertise as part of LGBTQ+ and climate activism. We will record and publish the Salon on our "Sex & Nature Salon" website to share it with wider audiences online, who will be encouraged to expand their thinking around climate activism to incorporate LGBTQ+ perspectives.For information about project partners see the "Personal Eligibility" section. For a detailed breakdown of the impact, see the "Beneficiaries and Anticipated Impact" section